Guadalupe Family History

Spanish:: habitational name from the town of Guadalupe in Cáceres province named with Hispano-Arabic wādī-al-lubb which is most likely from Arabic wādī ‘valley riverbed’ and Latin lupi ‘wolves’ thus meaning ‘the valley of the wolves’.

From a short form of the Marian name María de Guadalupe or title Virgen de Guadalupe ‘Virgin Mary of Guadalupe’ a reference to the placename Guadalupe (see 1 above).

The site of a Hieronymite convent founded in the 14th century which possesses a famous image of the Virgin Mary.